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Space Vocabulary

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

5th Grade

NGSS covered

Space Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the path followed by a moon, planet, or artificial satellite as it travels around another body in space?

Sun

Planet

Orbit

Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a natural moon or man-made object that orbits a planet or other object?

Satellite

Asteroid

Comet

Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a ball of frozen gases, rock, and dust, about the size of a small town, that orbits the Sun?

Satellite

Asteroid

Comet

Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a small chunk of rock or iron that travels through space?

Meteoroid

Meteor

Meteorite

Gravity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a space rock that becomes so hot it glows when it passes into Earth's atmosphere?

Meteoroid

Meteor

Meteorite

Gravity

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a rock that has fallen to Earth from outer space?

Meteoroid

Meteor

Meteorite

Gravity

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a term for a large round object that revolves around a star?

meteorite

planet

Sun

Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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